Question 1

The most serious examples of racial profiling that have been documented involve traffic stops by state police officers on interstate highways in

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A)  California.
B)  Maryland and New Jersey.
C)  Florida.
D)  West Virginia.
E)  Illinois.

Question 2

Whites are arrested more often than blacks relative to their numbers in the general population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Different outcomes in policing that are not necessarily caused by differential treatment, is called

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A)  disparity.
B)  variation.
C)  demographic.
D)  discrimination.

Question 4

The name of the commission created to investigate the Los Angeles Police Department after the 1991 Rodney King incident was

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A)  the L.A.Kissinger Commission.
B)  the Wickersham Commission.
C)  the Christopher Commission.
D)  the King Investigatory Commission. C

Question 5

A factor that ranks second to race and ethnicity in public attitudes toward the police is

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A)  gender.
B)  wealth.
C)  sex.
D)  age.

Question 6

Ethnicity differs from race in terms of

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A)  religious differences.
B)  self reporting differences.
C)  cultural differences.
D)  immigration differences.

Question 7

Some police departments offer incentive pay to bilingual officers.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 8

A police crime-control strategy designed to both apprehend offenders and send a message of deterrence to people on the street is

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A)  mass arrests.
B)  drivers license check points.
C)  field interrogations.
D)  felony car stops.

Question 9

The current standard for the use of deadly force is the

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A)  defense-of-life standard.
B)  fleeing-felon rule.
C)  shot-to-wound policy.
D)  the "exception policy."
E)  the deadly force permission standard.

Question 10

Differential treatment based on some extralegal category such as race, ethnicity, or gender is known as

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A)  discrimination.
B)  disparity.
C)  disparate treatment.
D)  inequality.

Question 11

The use of excessive force by police officers is also called

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A)  police corruption.
B)  bullying.
C)  police battery.
D)  police brutality.
E)  all of these

Question 12

In public opinion surveys, blacks are just as satisfied with the police as are whites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Officers are more likely to use force against criminal suspects.Officers are also more likely to use force against male suspects.In other words, police use of force is more likely to be associated with certain

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual factors.
B)  age factors.
C)  incident factors.
D)  situational factors.

Question 14

The U.S.Supreme Court decision that accelerated the trend toward adoption of the defense of life standard, which greatly restricts the use of deadly force by police officers, was

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A)  Robins v.United States.
B)  Edwards v.United States.
C)  Tennessee v.Garner.
D)  Terry v.Ohio.

Question 15

According to William A.Westley, the police subculture view of citizens is that

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A)  a face-to-face encounter with a citizen is always going to be confrontational.
B)  for the most part, all encounters with citizens are negative.
C)  generally, the citizenry needs police and are accepting of them.
D)  the public was against the police or hated the police.

Question 16

The term "driving while black" refers to

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A)  race patrolling.
B)  random patrolling.
C)  directed patrol.
D)  racial selection.
E)  racial profiling.

Question 17

The most serious examples of racial profiling involve traffic stops.The pattern of these stops appears directly related to drug enforcement.This evidence lends support to the context approach to police-citizen interactions, which holds that interactions are different depending on

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A)  location, police unit, enforcement activity, and context.
B)  race, color, and sex.
C)  time, day, and activity.
D)  nature of activity, number of persons, and age of the suspects.

Question 18

The most important misperception of public attitudes experienced by police officers results from

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A)  police protection.
B)  new media reports.
C)  selective contact.
D)  too little enforcement.

Question 19

The relations between police and racial-ethnic minority communities is referred to as

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A)  police-community relations.
B)  multi cultural relations.
C)  police race relations.
D)  police culture affairs. A

Question 20

According to the text, the greatest gap between the attitudes of whites, Hispanics, and African Americans relates to how the police

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A)  manipulate public opinion.
B)  use force.
C)  control the news media.
D)  foster ommunity relations.

Exam 12: Legitimacy and Community Relations

The most serious examples of racial profiling that have been documented involve traffic stops by state police officers on interstate highways in

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Whites are arrested more often than blacks relative to their numbers in the general population.

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Different outcomes in policing that are not necessarily caused by differential treatment, is called

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The name of the commission created to investigate the Los Angeles Police Department after the 1991 Rodney King incident was

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A factor that ranks second to race and ethnicity in public attitudes toward the police is

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Ethnicity differs from race in terms of

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Some police departments offer incentive pay to bilingual officers.

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A police crime-control strategy designed to both apprehend offenders and send a message of deterrence to people on the street is

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The current standard for the use of deadly force is the

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Differential treatment based on some extralegal category such as race, ethnicity, or gender is known as

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The use of excessive force by police officers is also called

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In public opinion surveys, blacks are just as satisfied with the police as are whites.

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Officers are more likely to use force against criminal suspects.Officers are also more likely to use force against male suspects.In other words, police use of force is more likely to be associated with certain

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The U.S.Supreme Court decision that accelerated the trend toward adoption of the defense of life standard, which greatly restricts the use of deadly force by police officers, was

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According to William A.Westley, the police subculture view of citizens is that

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The term "driving while black" refers to

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The most serious examples of racial profiling involve traffic stops.The pattern of these stops appears directly related to drug enforcement.This evidence lends support to the context approach to police-citizen interactions, which holds that interactions are different depending on

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The most important misperception of public attitudes experienced by police officers results from

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The relations between police and racial-ethnic minority communities is referred to as

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